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| − | On April 14, 2011 it appears a well known Wiihacks.com associate and author of Wii modification and homebrew related installation guides attempted to remove this | + | On April 14, 2011 it appears a well known Wiihacks.com associate and author of Wii modification and homebrew related installation guides attempted to remove this wiki article. Although it cannot be confirmed it is the same Mauifrog that is associated with Wiihacks.com, it is very likely. |
| − | Mauifrog has written many useful guides for Wii modification (softmod) and related topics. This individuals work is well respected. | + | Mauifrog has written many useful guides for Wii modification (softmod) and related topics. This individuals work is well respected. Mauifrog is not considered part of what's wrong with Wiihacks.com. |
| − | + | Mauifrog should not attempt to suppress opposing opinions of the site Wiihacks.com. Oppression is contrary to freedom of speech. Perhaps Mauifrog should focus on addressing some of the serious problems with Wiihacks.com, and thus serving to correct them should result in more favorable discussions here and through the web community among the growing number of Wiihacks.com critics. | |
| − | Mauifrog shared the [[WiiHacks General Rules and Guidelines]] posted on this Wiki and it remains available for visitors to read. | + | Mauifrog shared the [[WiiHacks General Rules and Guidelines]] posted on this Wiki and it remains available for visitors to read. It remains up in the hopes that the people running and moderating Wiihacks.com take the initiative to read the rules for themselves and clean their site up, including the dismissal of corrupt moderators. |
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Revision as of 01:45, 20 April 2011
You are being warned about the site www.wiihacks.com because we have received too many warnings about these people to ignore.
You may wish read the WiiHacks General Rules and Guidelines. These guidelines are not being applied uniformly to all members. Unfortunately, some of the site moderators are corrupt and disregard the cite guidelines altogether.
If you are banned from www.wiihacks.com because you neglected to share personal or financial information with one of the site moderators, then don't feel bad, it could have been worse. You could have become a victim to identity theft.
READ CAREFULLY BEFORE USING www.wiihacks.com
- See Mauifrog's rebuttal below.
Contents
Are They Accusing You of Being a Pirate?
Our friend Dave was asked to share a copy of a Nintendo Wii game he owns with someone on the wiihacks.com message forum. Dave wouldn't have thought much of it, except the person asking was a site "Junior Moderator." When Dave refused, he was banned from the site for "insulting a site moderator."
The site is operated by pirates themselves. What they offer is a violation of Nintendo Corp's intellectual property. They assist with the piracy of software using code words and innuendos while pretending to be against software piracy. Their members exchange copyright software in private. They ban new users seeking advise while the moderators exchange copyright material. We have received reports by too many visitors that they are been treated with disrespect from the moderators of wiihacks.com.
Example of warez (pirate software) being discussed on the Wiihacks.com web site business forum section: warez software wiihacks.com
Have You Been Asked to Donate Money?
In another email we received someone wrote, I was asked to donate money to the site since the moderator told me I had already received enough free information to write a book. So I decided that they were kind to help me out and I donated to the site. Three weeks later I received a call from my bank. Someone overseas had been withdrawing money from my account. With the help of the authorities it was traced back to a wiihacks.com community member.
- NEVER DONATE MONEY to www.wiihacks.com
- BE CAREFUL FOLLOWING ADVICE FROM SITE MODERATORS (if they don't like you they will guide you into bricking your wii)
- NEVER PROVIDE YOUR CREDIT CARD, BANKING, OR ANY PERSONAL PRIVATE INFORMATION to anyone on wiihacks.com, including moderators
- DO NOT REGISTER AND CREATE AN ACCOUNT ON www.wiihacks.com
You Don't Have to Create an Account to Post
You have to provide your email address when you create an account on wiihacks.com . Once they have your email one of the dishonest youths with moderator privileges can email you or sell your address to spam distribution entities.
It is not necessary to create an account on www.wiihacks.com thanks to rockstars like BugMeNot! Just grab a username and password from BugMeNot for Wiihacks.com. You can post and download. You won't have to give out your private information or share with them an email address.
Mauifrog's Rebuttal
On April 14, 2011 it appears a well known Wiihacks.com associate and author of Wii modification and homebrew related installation guides attempted to remove this wiki article. Although it cannot be confirmed it is the same Mauifrog that is associated with Wiihacks.com, it is very likely.
Mauifrog has written many useful guides for Wii modification (softmod) and related topics. This individuals work is well respected. Mauifrog is not considered part of what's wrong with Wiihacks.com.
Mauifrog should not attempt to suppress opposing opinions of the site Wiihacks.com. Oppression is contrary to freedom of speech. Perhaps Mauifrog should focus on addressing some of the serious problems with Wiihacks.com, and thus serving to correct them should result in more favorable discussions here and through the web community among the growing number of Wiihacks.com critics.
Mauifrog shared the WiiHacks General Rules and Guidelines posted on this Wiki and it remains available for visitors to read. It remains up in the hopes that the people running and moderating Wiihacks.com take the initiative to read the rules for themselves and clean their site up, including the dismissal of corrupt moderators.
